Brookings Institution

News about Brookings Institution, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Sep. 13, 2014

Rep Frank R Wolf, Republican of Virginia, writes letter to president of Brookings Institution saying that prominent Washington think tanks that routinely provide Congress with policy advice should refrain from taking foreign government donations; Brookings collects about 12 percent of its annual budget from foreign governments. MORE

Jun. 24, 2014

David Leonhardt The Upshot column; Brookings Institution report says share of income that young adults are devoting to loan repayment has remained fairly steady over last two decades; only 7 percent of young-adult households with education debt have $50,000 or more of it. MORE

Feb. 20, 2014

Brookings Institution study finds that income inequality is sharply higher in economically vibrant cities like New York than in less-dynamic ones like Columbus, Ohio, and Wichita, Kan; study comes as number of cities are trying to tackle problem and expand opportunity like increasing minimum wage. MORE

Feb. 4, 2014

Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben S Bernanke joins the Brookings Institution, where he will write a book about his time at the Federal Reserve and contribute to an initiative on government economic policy; Janet L Yellen is sworn in as chairwoman of the Fed. MORE

Nov. 21, 2013

Study from Brookings Institution finds that a majority of universities in the United States earn nothing on patents resulting from their research; recommends that universities become more aggressive in nurturing new businesses, encouraging professors to start new companies and to demand ownership stakes in licensing agreements. MORE

May. 20, 2013

Analysis by Metropolitan Police Program of the Brookings Institution finds that while the number of poor people in New York City and Newark has declined by 7 percent between 2000 and the 2008-2010 census, population of poor rose in suburbs rose by 14 percent. MORE

Mar. 22, 2013

Poll conducted by Public Religion Research Institute and Brookings Institution finds nearly two-thirds of Americans favor giving illegal immigrants an opportunity for legal status with a path to citizenship; finds support came from 71 percent of Democrats and 53 percent of Republicans; only 14 percent of Americans polled support legal residency for illegal immigrants with no path to citizenship. MORE

Nov. 30, 2011

Brookings Institution gives New York City's school system a B grade, putting it at the top of its class among the nation’s largest districts but leaving room for improvement. MORE

Leon Wieseltier, the former longtime literary editor of The New Republic, is joining Brookings as the Isaiah Berlin Senior Fellow in Culture and Policy, where he will focus on “the influence of culture and the humanities on various realms of...

Ukraine isn’t the only place consumed by civil war thanks to Russia. The venerable Brookings Institution, long one of Washington’s most prestigious research centers, has fractured very publicly this week over Russia as well.